Next generation Lexus IS...PLEASE let this come to fruition!!!

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nightowl

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The wheels and the body lines from front to back kind of reminds me of a G35. I like the looks of it! :)
 

luvya

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Originally posted by: SWScorch
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Pocatello
From the rear, the IS turns from a honda civic to a mazda 3? If I could, I'd take the BMW please

You'd take this instead? :roll:

I'm gonna get flamed, but that Bimmer looks a million times better.

You are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo WRONG! This comes from someone who really doesn't like any japanese upper class car (lexus, infiniti, acura)
 

SportSC4

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that's the best photoshop job i've seen of a next gen Lex so far. All the previous ones have been horrible.
The front headlights look ackward... really ackward. The driver side one is a little off angle... If lexus is doing something like this I hope they keep the headlights a little more squarish (more GS330-ish). The tail lights look they are going in the right direction with which Lexus is going (higher on the trunk lid, ie. rx330 and gs330).

The front looks like a photoshop job of the SC430 and GS330. The rear is nice, very nice.
 

SWScorch

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Originally posted by: luvya
You are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo WRONG! This comes from someone who really doesn't like any japanese upper class car (lexus, infiniti, acura)

hehehehe, told ya :p

what can I say? The Lexus looks unproportional in the front, far too pinched and narrow. The BMW has headlights that ar in proportion to the rest, and much more aesthetically pleasing features. It just flows a lot better.

I mean, look how sharply the nose dives down, and the rear has far too much sheetmetal; the tailights should be larger (although the rear is a far cry better than the front)
 

SilentRavens

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The front end looks like it has been compressed, and the hood comes into the grill too far for my tastes. From the side it looks pretty nice. However, maybe it is just me, but the back end looks all bangled up, in other words I don't like the look.
 

GTaudiophile

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For me, the problem with E90 is not what is on the outside but is what is on the inside: iDrive, no more dash tilt towards the driver, window controls now on door...so much SUCCESSFUL tradition done away with!

As with BMW's new V8s, the new Inline-6 will be a jewel!
 

EvilYoda

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Not bad, but still not as refreshing as the original IS was to me...that rear really looks like a flatter Mazda rearend to me, I dunno.

We'll see.